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`Researchers interested in various aspects of college leadership and management will find this book a convenient and scholarly introduction to related research in the school sector' - Further Education Development Agency, College Research Journal

`Educational management has become an important academic subject. The contributors to this volume have gauaranteed its survival as such by undertaking this review in order that they and others working in the field may take account of a range of agendas and initiatives. The outcome must be a fresh stance and a new sense of direction to enable a study of educational managment to meet the needs of teachers and their schools in the new millennium' - Educational Research

Educational Management brings together important original contributions from leading thinkers in the field. Edited by some of the key figures in educational management today, chapters examine the following key areas: Has self-management achieved the success predicted for it?; What should be the nature of professional development for educational leaders?; to what extent can education benefit by drawing from practice in business and industry?; can theory inform management practice in education?; how can research contribute to educational improvement?; how can leaders help improve classroom practice?

Educational Management is one of the major outcomes of the ESRC ( Economic and Social Research Council) seminar series which aimed to redefine educational management in the light of the many developments in policy, practice, theory and research since the subject became established in the 1970s.

Tony Bush et al

Preface

Tony Bush

Introduction

Setting the Scene

Ron Glatter

PART ONE: SCHOOLS AND SELF-MANAGEMENT

Rosalind Levacic et al

Modern Headship for the Rationally Managed School

Combining Cerebral and Insightful Approaches

Peter Karstanje

Decentralization and Deregulation in Europe

Towards a Conceptual Framework

Geoff Southworth

Continuities and Changes in Primary Headship

Les Bell

Primary Schools and the Nature of the Education Market Place

Ray Bolam

PART TWO: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Peter Ribbins

Understanding Leadership

Developing Headteachers

Dick Weindling

Stages of Headship

Agnes McMahon

Promoting Continuing Professional Development for Teachers

An Achievable Target for School Leaders?

Michael Eraut

Headteachers' Knowledge, Practice and Mode of Cognition

Peter Ribbins

PART THREE: THEORY DEVELOPMENT

Mike Wallace

Combining Cultural and Political Perspectives

The Best of Both Conceptual Worlds?

Chris James

Institutional Transformation and Educational Management

Valerie Hall

Gender and Education Management

Duel or Dialogue?

Janet Ouston

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Critique of a Movement

Philip Hallinger and Ronald Heck

Can Leadership Enhance School Effectiveness?

Les Bell

PART FOUR: RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT

Ray Bolam

Educational Administration, Leadership and Management

Towards a Research Agenda

Mike Wallace and Dick Weindling

Overview of a Group of Research Projects with Relevance to School Management

Philippa Cordingley

Pedagogy, Educational Management and the TTA Research Agenda

Helen Gunter

Researching and Constructing Histories of the Field of Educational Management

`It is rich in coverage and in depth. The language is comprehensible to educators, managers and researchers.... Overall, it is a good piece, a preferred addition for libraries. The editors deserve full acknowledgement for the effort put in to give shape to the volume' - Journal of Educational Planning and Administration

`Educational management has become an important academic subject. The contributors to this volume have gauaranteed its survival as such by undertaking this review in order that they and others working in the field may take account of a range of agendas and initiatives. The outcome must be a fresh stance and a new sense of direction to enable a study of educational managment to meet the needs of teachers and their schools in the new millennium' - Educational Research

`Researchers interested in various aspects of college leadership and management will find this book a convenient and scholarly introduction to related to research in the school sector' - Further Education Development Agency, College Research Journal

Excellent. Informative and well written. An easy read on a complex topic.

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